Ex-FBI agent Lustyik linked to bribes in new case

Ex-FBI agent accused of Bangladeshi scheme

9:50 PM,
Aug. 2, 2013

Robert Lustyik

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A former FBI agent from Sleepy Hollow, already jailed in Utah on federal conspiracy charges, is now accused of masterminding an international bribery scheme that sought to influence politics in Bangladesh.

Robert Lustyik Jr., 51, and childhood friend Johannes Thaler, a 49-year-old former Tarrytown resident, accepted $1,000 and sought tens of thousands more in exchange for an FBI "suspicious activity report" on an unnamed Bangladeshi political figure, a 15-page complaint unsealed Friday in federal court in White Plains alleges.